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A now-divorced couple stole at least 

$145,000 from a nonprofit Westland 

organization that sponsored bingo 

games, carnivals and other fund-raisers 

to support youth baseball and senior 

citizen programs, authorities said. 

Neal William Greenfield, 42, and 

ex-wife Shari Kay Greenfield, 41, 

could face penalties ranging up to 10 

years in prison if they're convicted of 

embezzling from the Wayne-Ford 

Civic League. 

Neal Greenfield of Westland served 

as league president and Shari 

Greenfield of Livonia as vice president 

prior to an internal shakeup that 

ousted them from their positions. 

In court Thursday, special Wayne 

County Prosecutor Abed Hammoud 

accused Shari Greenfield of stealing 

$113,000 and Neal Greenfield of taking 

$32,000 from 1999 to 2004. 

The league, on Wayne Road south 

of Ford, once brought in gross revenues 

of $1 million a year yet showed 

financial losses, police Sgt. Chris 

Benson confirmed Friday. 

The league has since come under 

new leadership by officials who are 

trying to repair its image as a oncerespected 

organization. 

In court Thursday morning, 

Westland 18th District Judge C. 

Charles Bokos arraigned the 

Greenfields on charges of embezzling 

more than $20,000. He ordered 

them jailed on $25,000 cash or suretybonds, 

which had been posted for 

them by day's end. 

Bokos scheduled an Aug. 17 preliminary 

examination that will determine 

whether the pair should stand trial in 

Wayne County Circuit Court, but a 

defense attorney has indicated the 

hearing will be delayed to give him 

more time to review the case. 

Outside the courtroom, Hammoud 

didn't elaborate much on the case 

against the Greenfields. 

'When we go in to court, we will do 

what we can to prove our charges," he 

said. 

Neal Greenfield has told the 

Observer that he didn't steal any 

money from the league. An earlier 

larceny charge against him was 

dropped last year after he agreed to 

plead guilty to cocaine possession, 

which resulted in a probationary sentence. 

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Police found cocaine in Greenfield's 

house when they executed a search 

warrant as part of their criminal 

investigation. 

Shari Greenfield's attorney, Paul 

Bricker, denied her guilt in court 

Thursday, saying the allegations "will 

be shown to be false." 

On Friday, Benson said the league's'. 

financial records indicated that 

money was spent on sucH activities as 

Special Olympics, although he said 

checks were made out to the 

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BY SUE MASON 

STAFF WRITER 

Ask Roy and Bertha Large 

about the secret to wedded bliss 

and they'll cite four requirements: 

Be congenial, love each 

other, be compassionate and 

. help each other. 

"You've got to love each other 

to make a marriage last," Roy 

said matter-of-factly. 

There's a lot of truth in what 

they say. The Westland couple 

quietly celebrated their 70th 

wedding anniversary Saturday. 

- "The pastor of my church 

wanted to do something, I hope 

I talked him out of it," said 

Bertha, who admits she did 

think about them doing their 

vows again, but shelved the 

idea because "I knew he wouldn't 

approve." 

The Larges grew up on farms 

in southwest Georgia and married 

during the Great 

Depression. They met when 

Roy would walk across the field 

to her parents' farm to see her 

brother. According to Roy, the 

boys would be in the yard talking 

and Bertha "would slip out 

and walk around." 

"I had a brother his age, he'd 

came to see him and ended up 

with me," Bertha said. "I kind of 

liked his looks. He was goodlooking." 

'And I kind of liked her 

looks," Roy said. 

The courtship would last five 

years and Bertha admits that 

when it came to the marriage 

proposal, she might have given 

Roy a little nudge. 

"It may have come up in a 

conversation or maybe I proposed 

to him," Bertha said. "We 

went together for five years. I 

got tired of waiting." 

Roy said the delay was a 

money thing. 

"I probably didn't have the 

money to marry, it was $2 for 

the license," he said. "We were 

married in '36 and money didn't 

grow on trees then." 

Within a few weeks of the 

proposal, Roy got the license. 

They were married in the house 

of a pastor Bertha liked and left 

PLEASE SEE ANNIVERSARY, A6 

Roy and Bertha Large say helping each other is an important part of a marriage that lasts. They should know. The Larges celebrated their 70th wedding 

anniversary Saturday. 

woman 

BY SUE MASON 

STAFF WRITER 

Anna Ringuette is matter-of-fact 

about it. 

"I'm nuts about animals," she 

said, cuddling Gracie the ferret. "I 

want to be a vet when I grow up." 

The West Blopmfield resident 

wasn't alone. Most of the 10 children 

in the room had the same 

idea, except Danielle Chesney of 

Northville. 

"I want to be an Animal Cop" she 

PLEASE SEE CAMP, A3 

TOM HAWLEV STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER 

Chad Collins, 11, of Garden City had the chance to play with and 

pet one of the kittens up for adoption at the Berman Center for 

Animal Care in Westland as part of the Michigan Humane 

Society's Summer Tails Day Camp. 

BY DARRELL CLEM 

STAFF WRITER 

A 19-year-old Windsor woman was killed in 

Westland early Thursday when her car was 

broadsided by a Chevy Blazer as she failed to 

stop at a flashing red light, police Sgt. Rob 

Collier said. 

The accident happened just before 5:30 a.m. 

at the Ford-Hix intersection on the city's west 

side. 

Police don't believe that alcohol was a factor in 

the two-car crash, Collier said. 

The Windsor woman was driving her 1995 

Chevy Beretta southbound on Hix when it was 

struck by a 2002 Chevy Blazer driven by a 36- 

year-old Westland man, Collier said. 

The Blazer was being driven westbound on 

Ford by the local man who, according to Collier, 

was on his way to work. He wasn't seriously 

injured. 

He isn't expected to face criminal charges, 

although the Wayne County Prosecutor's office is 

reviewing the accident. 

"I don't think he had a chance to stop," Collier 

said. "She was at fault." 

Authorities didn't release the names of either 

driver. Both of them were alone in their respective 

vehicles, Collier said. 

Another vehicle traveling westbound on Ford 

managed to stop before the woman ran through 

the flashing red light. But the Blazer driver was 

on the inside lane, and his view of the southbound 

Beretta was likely blocked, Collier said. 

Numerous witnesses told investigators that the 

Windsor woman, failed to stop at the flashing 

light, the sergeant said. 

The weather was clear and didn't play a role in 

the accident, he said. 

The Ford-Hix intersection isn't considered one 

of the city's most dangerous. Collier confirmed 

that 31 accidents occurred in the intersection in 

2005, ranking it 13th for the most accidents. The 

Wayne-Ford and Ford-Newburgh intersections 

tied in 2005 for the most accidents, at 53 each, 

Collier said. 

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The Westside Rod and Custom 

Car Club's Cruiser of the Week 

for Aug. 2 goes to Robert 

Menard with his all-original 

black 1972 PQhtiac Grand Prix 

Model X The car is powered by a 

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Salvation Army block party attracts a crowd 


STAFF WRITER 

Hundreds of people packed 

a Wayne-Westland Salvation 

Army block party earlier this 

month, making it one of the 

year's premier events in the 

low-income Norwayne subdivision. 

"It was a big success," 

Salvation Army Capt. Matt 

O'Neil said. 

The crowd swelled to nearly 

500 people outside the 

Salvation Army building on 

Venoy south of Palmer. Young 

and old; alike, listened to 

Christian rock bands, played 

carnival games, enjoyed hot 

dogs and cotton candy, and 

won such prizes as bicycles. 

Attendance increased substantially 

from last year's block 

parly - an indication that 

many people returned and 

brought along more family 

members and friends. 

"We had over 150 more people 

than last year," O'Neil said. 

"It was very successful." 

The event was intended to 

boost community spirit in the 

Norwayne area, where many 

Salvation Army clients live. 

The Westland-based organization 

also serves Wayne, 

Romulus, Inkster and New 

STATE OF MICHIGAN 

IN THE WAYNE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT 

THE CITY OF WESTLAND, 

a Michigan Municipal Corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

HELENE BORTNICK WATT, 

ATLANTIC MORTGAGE & 

INVESTMENT CORPORATION, 

a Florida Corporation 

Defendants. 

ANGELO A. PLAKAS AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. 

Angelo A. Plakas (P 18934) 

Mark A. McConnell (P 46434) 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

35330 Nankin Boulevard, Suite 702 

Westland, MI 48185 

(734) 421-5510 

06-614204 CH 5/17/2006 

Jdg. John H Gillis Jr 

The City of Westland 

vs 

Watt Helene Bortnick 

ORDER TO ANSWER BY PUBLICATION WITH MAILING 

REQUIREMENT EXCUSED 

At a session of said Court held in the City-County Building, 

City of Detroit, County of Wayne, State of Michigan 

ON: July 28, 2006 

PRESENT: HON: JOHN H. GILLIS, JR. 

CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE 

On May 17, 2006, an action was filed, against Defendants, 

HELEN BORTNICK WATT and ATLANTIC MORTGAGE & 

INVESTMENT CORPORATION, in this Court to abate nuisance on 

a parcel of real property {hereinafter referred to as "Property") 

located in the City of Westland described as: 

EAST 10 FEET OF LOT 349 AND ALL OF LOT 348, 

INCLUDING THE ADJOINING 1/2 OF THE VACATED 

PUBLIC ALLEY AT THE REAR THEREOF, MAPLEWOOD 

ESTATES SUBDIVISION, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 39, 

PAGE 17 OF PLATS, WAYNE COUNTY RECORDS 

Commonly Known As: 34851 Hazelwood 

Tax Identification No. 56-063-01-0348-000 

Upon consideration of the Verified Motion of Plaintiff, and the 

Affidavit in Support thereof, attesting to the fact that Defendants, 

HELEN BORTNICK WATT and ATLANTIC MORTGAGE & 

INVESTMENT CORPORATION, in this action cannot be 

personally served with a Summons and a copy of the Complaint 

herein because their present whereabouts are unknown, and they 

have no last known address, and that publication of notice of this 

action in a newspaper of general circulation is most likely to give 

notice to these Defendants, and it,appearing to this Court that 

Plaintiff, after diligent inquiry, has,been; unable to ascertain the 

Defendants' address either within or without the State of Michigan, 

and it further appearing that personal service of the Summons and 

Complaint in this action cannot be made on the Defendants for the 

above stated reasons, and that'publication is the best means 

available to apprise Defendants of me pendency of this,action. --,. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Defendants, HELEN 

BORTNICK WATT and ATLANTIC MORTGAGE & INVESTMENT 

CORPORATION, shall on or before the 29th day of August, 2006, 

serve an answer on Mark A. McConnell, attorney for Plaintiff, 

whose address is 35330 Nankin Blvd.. Suite 702, Westland, 

Michigan, 48185, or take such other action as may be permitted by 

law. Failure to comply with this Order may result m a judgment by 

default against the Defendants for the relief demanded in the 

Complaint filed in this Court. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order be 

published once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Observer 

& Eccentric, a newspaper of general circulation hereby designated 

as most likely to give notice to the Defendants named above. 

Publication shall occur within the County of Wayne, State of 

Michigan. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the first publication Of this 

Order be made within five (5) days from the date of entry of this 

Order, and that mailing a copy of this Order be dispensed with 

because Plaintiff cannot ? with reasonable diligence, ascertain 3 a' 

place where'the Defendants would $fcb$b& -receive, this matter 

transmitted by mail': '- - ' - "' 

Publish: August 6,13 & 20,2006 

JOHN H. GILLIS, JR. 

CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE 

A TRUE COPY 

CATHY M. GARRETT 

WAYNE COUNTY CLERK 

BY M. Woodson 

The Salvation Army provides such services as food for the 

needy, after-school tutoring for students and summer day 

camps for children who otherwise couldn't afford such 

activities. 

Boston. 

The alcohol-free event was 

open to anybody, and O'Neil 

said the party went off without 

any problems despite the large 

crowd. 

The Salvation Army provides 

such services as food for the 

needy, after-school tutoring for 

students and summer day 

camps for children who otherwise 

couldn't afford such activities. 

For more information about 

the organization, call (734) 

722-3660. 

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A citizens group will continue 

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amid an economic slump. 

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Frontier Park may initiate a 

petition drive asking city residents 

to support a ballot proposal 

to raise taxes for the plan. 

"We'll do what's necessary to 

get this on the ballot when the 

time comes," CFP President 

Mark Rodriguez told elected 

leaders Monday during a 

Westland City Council meeting. 

Although a petition drive 

may not happen for-a year or 

two, Rodriguez implored city 

officials that even if they can't 

endorse the project, "just don't 

be against us." 

CFP wants the city to acquire 

county-owned land near 

Central City Park for a recreation 

complex with baseball 

diamonds, soccer fields, an 

indoor pool, a two-sheet ice 

arena, picnic pavilions, basketball 

courts, walking trails, a 

special-needs playing field and 

other amenities. 

Frontier Park would be built 

north of Marquette, east of 

Newburgh, south of Ford and 

west of Central City Park. 

Rodriguez said city leaders 

inflated costs, such as a $40 

million price tag that would 

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Frontier Park until their eco- ''3 

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Kangas told city leaders, "It's*', 

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right thing for a kid." 

CFP leaders — members of '"> 

the Westland Youth Athletic ^ 

Association — have said 

Westland sorely lacks the 

recreational facilities needed 

for local children. 

Cicirelli called their plan "a 

great goal" but said the city 

can't provide a financial boost 

for it. Still, she urged the group 

not to disband and to consider 

trying to gradually phase in 

their plans. 

Councilwoman Cheryl 

Graunstadt worried aloud that 

to place a Frontier Park tax 

proposal on the ballot would 

give the mistaken impression 

that city officials support it. 

Some elected leaders have 

said there has been no widespread 

public demand for 

Frontier Park, but officials ^ 

don't want CFP leaders to sim-< 

ply give up their vision, altogether. 

"I do not want it to go away," 

Councilman Charles Pickering 1 ': 

said. 

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CAMP 

FROM PAGE A1 

said, referring to the popular 

Animal Planet cable show 

which has a Detroit version 

featuring Michigan Humane 

Society employees. 

Welcome to MHS' Summer 

Tails Day Camp, a week-long 

program that has been introducing 

youngsters to animals 

and animal care and the work 

being done by the organization. 

"When we started this, we 

didn't know if we would fill the 

camp. Now we have a waiting 

list of 25 kids and all the kids 

in the camp want to come back 

next year," said Kim Korona, 

an MHS humane educator. 

This is the first time the 

MHS has ever offered a summer 

camp and its success has 

organizers considering 

expanding it next year. The 

four one-week sessions were 

offered at the Berman Center 

for Animal Care and are 

attracting youngsters from 

around the metropolitan area. 

Korona and fellow humane 

educator Ron Blauet put 

together the program at the 

Alyssa 

Hanley, 11, of 

Garden City 

gets a kiss 

from a ferret 

at the 

Summer Tails 

Day Camp. 

suggestion of Kerry Mullin, the 

MHS director of animal welfare. 

The camp schedule was a 

mixture of work with animals 

at the shelter with presentations 

by members of the 

Midwest Ferret Fellowship and 

a trip to the Michigan State 

University Veterinary School to 

see large breed surgery and 

learn about Canter Michigan's 

rescue of former race horses. 

Blauet also doubled as presenter, 

bringing in his dogs 

Chip and Gromit to talk about 

their care. 

"I really believe independent 

education is-a preventer of animal 

abuse and a promoter of 

humane values," Korona said. 

The campers also learned 

how to train animals using a 

clicker, practicing first with 

each other than with dogs in 

the shelter, and made kitten 

forts that provide stimulation 

for cats up for adoption. The 

forts are given to families to 

take home with their new pet. 

They've made journals and 

spent time writing about their 

experiences, which include 

meeting four rescued ferrets 

Dee Gage brought from her 

home in Grand Rapids. 

The campers came armed 

with disposable cameras 

and obligingly took pictures 

of each holding the ferrets 

and mingling with the cats 

in the adoption rooms. 

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Gage was there to talk about 

the animals, but found herself 

being upstaged by her four 

furry friends who played in 

pens set up on the floor of the 

Berman Center's pet education 

room. 

"I've come three times 

already, but it's important to be 

here" Gage said. "There's too 

much misinformation out 

there." 

With the help of Ferretone, a 

mixture of olive oil and "a 

bunch of other stuff" Gage got 

the ferrets to shower the 

youngsters with licks. 

"I've never been licked by a 

ferret," said Alyssa Hanley of 

Garden City, calling the ferret 

she was holding a cutie. "I wish 

you could kiss," she told it as it 

licked the Ferretone off her 

cheek. 

Maura Kraemer of Plymouth 

was among the group with 

aspirations of being a veterinarian. 

That and a love of animals 

brought her to the summer 

camp. 

"My mom told me I'd get to 

hold some animals, but she 

didn't say a ferret," the 9-yearold 

said. 

The campers came armed 

with disposable cameras and 

obligingly took pictures of each 

holding the ferrets and mingling 

with the cats in the adoption 

rooms. 

"I'm saving two shots for the 

kitty cats," said Chad Collins, 

who'd already used three shots 

by midday of the first day of 

camp. 

Like his fellow campers, he. 

too, likes animals, and has a 

cat named Patches. While the 

Garden City resident wants to 

be a vet, he also would like to 

own a zoo. 

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Kayla Jackel, 10, of Garden City gets instructions on how to hold a cat from Kim Korona, coordinator of the camp. 

"Zoos are cool," he said. 

"They've got the big animals." 

Korona is pleased with how 

well the camp has gone and 

encouraged by the kids' comments. 

Many have talked about 

adopting some of the animals 

and others have talked about 

becoming foster volunteers. 

"By the end of the first week, 

they all said they wanted to 

work or voluriteer at the shelter," 

she said. "You have to be 

14 and work with a mentor." 

As for the youngsters, their 

first day in camp ended with 

writing in their journal about 

their experiences. For Maura, 

her favorite part of the day was 

seeing the dogs and ferrets. 

"I want to take them all 

home, I love dogs," she said. , 

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Annual derby tests 

kids 1 fishing skills 

Children ages 3-14 are 

invited to show off their 

fishing skills at the seventh 

annual Fishing Derby at 

Friendship Lake in Central 

City Park 9-11 a.m. Saturday, 

Aug. 19. 

Check-in will be at 8:30 

a.m., followed by the derby, 

lunch and the awards ceremony 

at about 11 a.m. There 

will be juice and doughnuts 

(coffee for the parents) for 

breakfast and a hot dog 

lunch. 

Participants will need to 

bring a fishingpole and 

bait. Those without fishing 

poles may reserve one by 

contacting the Bailey 

Recreation Center at (734) 

722-7620; Poles are available 

on firstcome first 

served basis. 

The goal is to catch and 

release as many fishas you 

can in a two-hour period. 

Prizes will be awarded for 

the most fishcaught forvarious 

age groups. 

Cost is $7 per child, ages 

14 and under and $3 per 

parent. Pre-registerbyAug. 

17. No walk-ins will be 

allowed. Register at the 

Bailey Recreation Center, 

36651 Ford, Westland. The 

event is sponsored by the 

Westland Fire Department, 

which will provide a mobile 

first aid station, and the 

Westland Parks and 

Recreation Department. 

Notice of Public Sale of Personal Property. 

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 4 of the Self Service 

Storage Facility Act, State of Michigan, PS Orange Co. will sell at 

public auction by competitive bidding. Sales are for cash only. Removal 

within 24 hours. For sale and storage units in which rent and fees are 

past due. 

On the premises where said property has been stored and which are 

located at Public Storage, 3650 Enterprise Dr. Allen Park, Mi 48101 

(313) 441-3117 on 8-23-06 at 10:30 am 

Personal property described below in the matter of 

B072-Michael Kowalski -12 totes, tool box, portable television 

B096-Brenda Harris - Misc. items & boxes 

B107-20 boxes, desk, 10 totes 

Bll6-Dominic -Bullet in Flight Productions - stage settings, 3 chairs 

Bll7-David Chaney ~ refrigerator, washer, portable television 

Bl27-Timothy Miller - toys, coffee table, 10 totes 

Bl29-Monique Conner - washer, refrigerator, dryer 

B168-Khn Butler - mattress, couch, totes 

B206-Shareese marable - love seat, sofa couch, mattress set 

B226-A D T Security Services, Curity Services - misc. items 

B243-Carolyn Crawford - television stand, end talbe, 5 bags 

B245-Sonya Dickens ~ boxes, couch, bags 

B265-Steven Weaver - 5 totes, 10 boxes 

B282-Jillian Daugherty - totes, boxes, furniture 

B289-Carol Boisonault - Misc. Items 

B361-Daniel Page - totes, bags, boxes 

B401-Barbara Howard - exercise equipment, couch, portable television 

C012-Jihad Hazimeh - 30 bags, 30 boxes 

C015-Alaina Silagy - bags, misc items 

C022-Renee Esteen Ware - big screen television, desk, air condition 

unit 

C039-Charles loth - 10 boxes, dresser, speakers 

D009-Charley Corby - totes, desk, lawn equipment 

D025-John Jackson - love seat, couch, boxes 

D027-Angela Reynolds - television, desk, bike 

D030-Amanda Ciccantelli - computer, snow blower, bush hog 

D033-Debryl Ector - air conditioner, bike, 12 boxes 

D045-Brandon Miller - desk, dresser, dryer 

E007-Shirley Smith - boxes, bags, misc. items 

E035-Christian Shimsky - misc. items 

F010-Robert Benjamin - misc. items 

F032-Antoine Williams - microwave, dining table, portable television 

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Need your diploma? 

Joseph Carr Duckworth 

Duckworth, 87, formerly of Livonia and 

Canton, died Aug. 2. 

G 

Elizabeth Kay Galeana 

Galeana, 22, died July 25. 

Florence Lorna Garrett 

Garrett, 55, of Westland, died Aug. 8. 

L 

Neal Lanphear 

Lanphear, 75, of Plymouth, died Aug. 

LEAGUE 

FROM PAGE A1 

Greenfields. The pair also is 

accused of using league money 

for personal expenses, such as 

utility bills, Benson said. 

The Greenfields have three 

children, including two who 

live with £heir mother and one 

who lives with the father, 

according to statements in 

court. 

Last year, the state ordered 

the league to stop sponsoring 

bingo games, although other 

groups not tied to the organization 

were allowed to use the 

building for similar activities, 

authorities have said. 

In a rare joint statement 

Thursday, Wayne County 

Prosecutor Kym Worthy and 

Westland Police Chief Daniel 

Pfannes issued statements 

about the case. 

"Playing bingo with my 

grandmother is among the best 

of my childhood memories," 

Worthy said. "Unfortunately, 

there are people in this country 

who will steal from anyone or 

DEATHS 

11. 

Bess Louise Lantz 

Lantz, 93, died Aug. 6. 

Dennis Lowry 

Lowry, 58, died Aug. 5. 

M 

Shirley I. Monforton (nee Preville) 

Monforton, 78, of Redford, died July 

30. 

N 

Louts J. Norman 

Norman, 91, of Plymouth, died Aug. 2. 

/~*s 

Neal Greenfield 

Shari Greenfield 

anything at anytime. You have 

to shake your head in disgust 

when you hear about stealing 

bingo money from our seniors." 

Pfannes said the league's 

mission, as outlined in its writ- - 

ten charter, was to promote 

neighborly programs and to 

improve the general welfare of 

the community. 

"It is quite obvious that these 

two former officers of the 

league decided to ignore their 

own charter and to enrich 

themselves," Pfannes said. "It is 

unfortunate that their individual 

wants superseded the needs 

of the youth and senior activities 

that could have been funded 

by the league." 

dclem@hometownlife.com I (734) 953-2110 

Notice of Public Sale of Personal Property. 

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 4 of the Self Service 

Storage Facility Act, State of Michigan, PS Orange Co. will sell at 

public auction by competitive bidding. Sales are for cash only. 

Removal within 24 hours. For sale and storage units in which rent 

and fees are past due. 

On the premises where said property has been stored and in which 

are located at Public Storage, 20080 Allen Rd. Trenton, Mi 48034 

(248)263-3880, on 8-23-06 at 9:30 am. Personal property described 

below in the matter of 

1027-Donald Oatley - desk, dresser, television 

1118-Tina L. Stafford - television, 20 bags, 10 boxes 

118-Janet Thibert - love seat, dining set, chairs 

513-Roy Poore - Misc. Items 

623-Eric Johnson - 2 televisions, end table, 2 head boards 

716-Helen F. Whitson - television, dryer, couch 

809-Lorri Schoelles - toys, dryer, couch 

838-Brittany Briley - 12 totes, mattress set 

944-Marcia Jernigan - computer, couch, television 

957-Pamela Barrett - love seat, exercise equipment, big screen 

television 

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INFORMATION CENTRAL 

Weaving the Web 

"Journalists have always asked me what the crucial idea was... that allowed 

the Web to exist one day when it hadn't the day before," writes Tim Berners-Lee 

in his 1999 book, Weaving the Web. "They are frustrated when I.tell them there 

was no 'Eureka!' moment... Inventing the (Web) involved my growing realization 

that there was a power in arranging ideas in an unconstrained, web-like way." 

Sixteen years ago this month, Berners-Lee and Robert.Cailltau, engineers at 

the CERN particle physics research center in Switzerland, proposed the union of 

hypertext, the Internet, and browser software that we've come to know as.the 

World Wide Web. 

"I happened to come along with time, and the right interest and inclination, 

after hypertext and the Internet had come of age," Berners-Lee writes. His modesty 

is sincere, but the truth is that the impact and scope of his ideas have literally 

changed the world. 

In 1990, less than a generation ago, there was no such thing as a downloadable 

tax form. There was no Mapquest for directions, no Switchboard for phone 

numbers. 

That rare 1969 Beatles LP was still locked away in some collector's closet, not 

easily accessible on eBay; and Amazon was the name of a rainforest in South- 

America. Only mathematical teens with too much time on their hands ever used 

the word Google. 

E-mail was for researchers, IM was a philosophical maxim, chess was played 

on a board, a blog was a creature in a Dr. Seuss book (The shape of me and other 

stuff). 

At the Library, you can read more about this phenomenon - the changes in 

society wrought by the Web - in Michael Lewis's Next: The Future Just Happened. 

Read profiles of companies made possible by the Web which then went on to 

drive its success, like Google (John Battelle's The Search: The Inside Story of 

How Google and Its Rivals Changed Everything), Amazon (James Marcus's 

Amazonia), and eBay (Adam Cohen's The Perfect Store). 

Take a look at some of the current research about the state of internet use in 

the United States at the Pew Internet and American Life Project at www.pewinternet.org 

(the Project reported in April that 73 percent of all adults in the U.S. 

are Internet users, up from 66 percent in January 2005). 

And look at the state of Web standards - and its future directions - at the 

World Wide Web Consortium (www.w3c.org), the organization Tim, Berners-Lee 

founded and still directs "to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by 

developing protocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web." 

You can access all of this - and, for that matter, the World Wide Web itself - at 

the library. Give us a call at (734) 326-6123 or stop by our Reference Desk to find 

out more. 

Interview and Book Signing: 7 p.m. Aug 16. 

Join native Detroiter Dr. David Holmes for an interview with former Wayne 

High teacher and freelance writer Lynn Howard Ehrle and a bpok signing of his 

recently published book, The Faiths of the Founding Fathers. All are welcome. 

Call the library to reserve your seat. 

Teen Tie-Die Party and '60s Trivia Scavenger Hunt: 2 p.rm Aug. 17. 

Spruce up your threads at our tie-dye party, followed by a far-out '60s trivia 

scavenger hunt. Bring something to dye ^ a T-shirt, pillowcase, socks, anything 

but your unmentionables, dig? Sign up by calling (734) 326-6123. Space is limited. 

Internet 101:7 p.m. Aug. 21. 

For the very beginner; what the Internet is, and how to get there. 

Information Central is compiled by Marilyn Kwik, at the William P. Faust Public 

Library, 6123 Central City Parkway, Westland. For more information, call (734) 326- 

6123. 

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Business Expo 

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ANNIVERSARY 

FROM PAGE A1 

the next day for a two-week 

honeymoon in Michigan. It 

turned into a six-week stay 

after Bertha took sick and 

needed an operation. 

The Larges went back home 

and took care of Roy's father's 

farm. Not able to make a living 

at it, the family came back to 

Michigan in 1942 so Roy could 

take a job at Garwood making 

gun carriages and winches for 

the war effort. 

After 2 1/2 years, they went 

back home, only to make one 

final trip back to Michigan in 

1955. Roy's brother-in-law 

found him a job at a shop at 

Fifth and Grand River, where 

he repaired hydraulic equipment. 

TOM HAWLEYI STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER 

Young 'newlyweds' 

Actually, cousins Victoria Kassab, 5, and Ethan Junk, 6, of Westland, 

didn't get married. Ethan's mother, Lisa Junk, brought them to Cherry 

Kill Village on Monday to shoot some photos. Lisa was taking Ethan's 

portrait for his sixth birthday and wanted to do something a little 

different. 

The Larges owned a home in 

northwest Detroit, but gave it 

up and moved 23 years ago to 

the Willow Creek Apartments. 

At age 94, Roy still gardens, 

although he missed planting 

season this year because of a 

bout of double pneumonia It 

was so serious that doctors 

didn't expect him to live, which 

leads Roy to believe being 

around to celebrate his 70th 

wedding anniversary is a gift 

from God. 

Legally blind, he has had to 

give up driving, but he helps 

Bertha with the vacuuming 

and laundry. 

"He's helped me a lot," 

Bertha said. "I can't do much 

because I had a double heart 

attack. He's my mainstay." 

Berth does volunteer work, 

helping distribute food at the 

Dorsey Community Center, 

and "when not helping him, I 

do a lot of crafts." 

The Larges have two sons, 

five grandchildren and six 

great-grandchildren. Both in 

their 90s — he's 94, she's 91 — 

they are the last surviving 

members of their respective 

families. 

They credit their longevity to 

growing up on farms and a 

simple liftu Dates would be 

going to friend's house to play 

cards, but mostly it was sitting 

at home, talking. 

"We never did have anything, 

so we just enjoyed each other," 

Bertha said. 

And after 70 years of marriage, 

they are still enjoying 

their life together. 

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Developer says 'airport city 1 

will transform SE Michigan 

Finally! 

It's been a long time coming, but at 

long last there seems to be serious movement 

toward what could be Michigan's 

largest single economic development oppor- • 

tunity in the coming decade: the Airport City 

("aerotropolis") between Detroit Metro and 

Willow. Run airports. 

Troy-based real estate expert Stuart 

Frankel has announced an agreement to 

develop 150 acres of land in the Pinnacle 

Aeropark, an office and warehouse project 

south of Detroit Metro and east of the X-, 

275/Sibley interchange. That should be A just 

the beginning. • ... 

The Airport City project, 

Frankel ; told me recently, is 

"potentially the most transformative 

project for southeastern 

Michigan ever attempted. 

We want to make it such." 

Emphasize the "we." A joint 

memo supporting the Airport 

City project has been signed 

Phil 

Power 

by Wayne and Washtenaw 

counties, the various local 

government units around both 

airports and the Wayne 

County Airport Authority. This week, it will 

be delivered to Jim Epolito, the CEO of the 

Michigan Economic Development Corp., or 

MEDC. (Full disclosure: I am the outfit's 

unpaid vice chair.) 

With that goes a cover letter to Gov. 

Jennifer Granholm, suggesting "the state of 

Michigan needs to be an active participant 

and partner in this exciting economic development 

undertaking." 

There is plenty of evidence to show that the 

potential is vast. A University of Michigan- 

Dearborn study shows that Detroit Metro 

Airport has a $7-6 billion impact on the 

state's economy, including $4 billion in airline 

tickets, hotel rooms and parking, plus $2 

billion in sales to Michigan companies. 

The Airport City project has long been a 

gleam in the eyes of those visionaries who 

can see past next Tuesday. Now, at last, it 

might actually be getting some traction. 

For years, experts have known that the 

area's combination of assets makes the site 

potentially one of the world's best. Those 

riches include what is now a first-class passenger 

facility (Detroit Metro), a good freight 

airport (Willow Run), easy access to road, 

rail and international water transport and 

25,000 acres of largely undeveloped land in 

between. 

Similar airport developments in 

Amsterdam, Hong Kong and Bangkok are 

producing hundreds of thousands of jobs. 

Here, this agreement to develop the Pinnacle 

site may finally be what breaks up the logjam 

of inertia. That Frankel, one of Michigan's 

The Airport City project has long been a 

can see past next Tuesday. Now, at last it 

nugl^ 

most respected — and shrewdest — developers, 

is prepared to ante up millions of his 

own funds suggests the dreams aren't pie in 

the sky. 

That's important, because the Pinnacle 

project has been dragging on since the late 

Ed McNamara, then Wayne County executive, 

launched the idea back in 1999- Now 

this-.developer intends to cut the ribbon by 

building 50,000 square feet of offices and 

200,000 square feet of warehouse space. 

That should jump-start a project that has 

been the victim of endless Wayne County politics 

and the lack of an economically realistic 

development plan. And getting Pinnacle off 

the ground is important evidence the larger 

Airport City vision has the wings to fly. 

The agreement between the various local 

governmental units is equally encouraging, if 

only because it demonstrates that the local 

powers are united at last in support of the 

project. Signing on are the cities of Taylor, 

Belleville, Romulus and Ypsilanti, together 

with Ypsilanti, Van Buren and Huron townships. 

Cobbling together something that appealed 

to their various interests, combined with 

those of Wayne and Washtenaw counties and 

the Airport Authority, has not been easy. 

Wayne County Economic Development 

Director Mulu Birru deserves credit for 

patience and persistence. 

Meanwhile, the new man at the MEDC, 

Epolito, has succeeded in regaining momentum 

and morale as the state's main arm dedicated 

to economic development. He has a 

terrific opportunity to take the Airport City 

project to a new level by putting planning . 

and marketing muscle behind the project. 

Nobody in state government (including the 

MEDC) has much money these days, but 

what is needed at this point is coordinated 

planning and evidence of firm state support. 

That's relatively cheap, and Granholm 

would be wise to jump on board as evidence 

she's serious about adding jobs to the hardpressed 

southeast Michigan economy. 

Frankel's right. The Airport City project 

could transform the area. And now that the 

local governmental units potentially involved 

have their act together, it is time for the state 

to jump in with both feet. 

Phil Power is a longtime observer of politics, economics 

and education issues in Michigan. He would be 

pleased to hear from readers at ppower@hcnnet.com. 

Resistance to school vouchers, 

V- 

serves politics, not children •= 

| read Hugh Gallagher's July 30 Observer 

* column "Drive for school vouchers serves 

politics, not children" with suspicion, 

believing as I do that at least as an idea, 

vouchers could work to reshape the educational 

landscape and consumers' expectations 

of same, both for the better. While we 

disagree, I salute Gallagher's concern for balance 

in presenting links to advocacy groups 

on both sides of the voucher issue and in 

mvitmg this opposing comment. 

Gallagher cited the Department of 

Education's National Assessment of 

Educational Progress report to indicate that 

while private schools perform better because 

of their selective admissions, 

when students with various 

disadvantages are factored 

out of the equation, private 

and public schools perform 

about the same. One must 

take care to avoid hasty 

acceptance of the criteria and 

methods for factoring variables 

out of the NAEP results, 

Seibold 

for such legerdemain is not 

unlike the gender-norming 

practiced in the military and 

in firefighting to the possible impairment of 

those critical occupations. In any case, the 

ability of private schools to screen their 

applicants is often put forward as an argument 

against vouchers but in my view, that 

argument is more against excellence. 

NAEP statistics notwithstanding, 

Gallagher seems to acknowledge that by 

some discernible proportion, a number of 

public schools are "troubled," and I suggest 

that to advocate withholding the means from 

aspiring students to escape such schools is to 

advocate the forcible subjection of all to 

mediocrity. 

As a voter on the losing side of Michigan's 

2000 initiative for vouchers, I had supposed 

that the topic was totally defunct but what 

may have moved Gallagher to write about it 

now w as the story in the July 9 Grand 

Rapid* Press reporting that gubernatorial 

candidate Dick DeVos vowed in a 2002 

speech to reopen the voucher initiative by 

one person at a time speaking to another 

person m privacy." Gallagher characterizes 

this statement as proposing a stealth campaign 

but whether advocated through a 

media blitz or one on one, no voucher measure 

will take effect without approval by a 

majontj of voters. Thus if DeVos persists in-„__ 

his goal expressed four years ago, I find his 

low key strategy to be no more ominous now 

than a Vatican takeover of Michigan's educational 

infrastructure was likely under the 

2000 initiative. 

I was especially troubled by Gallagher's 

airy suggestion that "For those who want to 

While I agree that universal public 

United States, the duty to educate 

resides with parents; and parents of 

ordinary or lesser means can find 

themselves hostage to an education 

system they might not prefer. 

send their children to private schools, it's a **>? 

great option" - omitting the key qualifier, "i$$ 

only they can afford it." From the consumers^ 

standpoint, I think the essence of vouchers j ^ 

to make educational options affordable. ^ 

While I agree that universal public educa^ 

tion is a great hallmark of the United States", € 

the duty to educate resides with parents; andV 

parents of ordinary or lesser means can find ^ 

themselves hostage to an education system *> 

they might not prefer. It's ironic that by - „ 

opposing vouchers, equality advocates shouldj 

be upholding an arrangement in which pri- V 

vate schools remain a preserve of the afflu- "',. 

ent. 

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Gallagher argues that all Michiganders > j 

should bear the cost of public schools with C* 

the analogy that not everybody rides on all of"! 

Michigan's roads, but my reply is that not ^f 

every Michigan household has children to ^ 

educate. As an analogy on the other side, I ;^ 

submit that a resident who has paid a cable'^% 

bill over a period of time will appreciate the^ 

economies inherent in a competitive enviro^ 

ment. 

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Finally, I can't help but suspect that, as Y«@ 

implied by its very title, Gallagher's column^ 

at bottom a defense of the public education ^ 

establishment, or perhaps more precisely, a^ 

circling of wagons around the perquisites 

and prerogatives of the teachers' unions. 

l'€. 

Certainly the public schools as a totality havje£ 

a purpose in keeping all funds to themselvesi 

In what may be perceived as an improbablefe^ 

alliance between management and labor, ^ 

they defend and promote that purpose withg> 

great vigor but whether out of altruism or ^ 

self-interest is a matter for reflection. jjE 

As for me, I lament the plight of children £p 

in troubled schools, all the more because thip 

have nowhere else to go. I also lament the ^ 

future of excellence, as promising students jjife 

those schools continue to wait for the P$ t 

--irnprovements that never seem to come./ ^ 

Must the speed of this convoy be the speed |^. 

its slowest ship? % 

Paul M. Seibold is a translator, member of the "*£ 

Michigan Bar and Army retiree who lives in Birmingham; 

with his wife, Patricia, and daughter, So-Jin. The opin>^ 

ions expressed in this column are his own. ' - 

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The drive to repeal 

Michigan's Single Business Tax 

has reached fruition as the 

state Legislature voted to eliminate 

the tax by the end of 

2007. 

Oakland County Executive 

L. Brooks Patterson kicked off 

the drive to repeal the SBT at 

his 2006 State of the County 

Address. He said the tax was 

stifling the state's economy by 

making the cost of business too 

high in Michigan. 

The address started a petition 

drive that generated 

150,000 more signatures than 

it needed. Because the legislation 

approved this week was 

generated by a petition drive, it 

is not subject to veto. 

The SBT was created in the 

late 1970s in an effort to consolidate 

a number of business 

taxes into one, stable tax. The 

parcel of inventory taxes, corporate 

net worth taxes and 

others was unreliable and 

tended to fluctuate. 

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have changed considerably 

since then. While it used to be 

the case that Michigan's economy 

was composed mostly of 

manufacturing jobs, it's now 

mostly service jobs. Under the 

SBT, service jobs are not taxed. 

The SBT represents $1.8 billion 

in tax revenues to the state 

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everything the state spends on 

higher education or corrections. 

When the tax ends, it 

will be up to the Legislature to 

decide how much of that revenue 

to replace. 

Oakland County Democratic 

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Commissioner Dave 

Woodward said certain state 

functions, namely higher education, 

need to be kept fighting 

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state's economy will be nullified. 

"The bottom line is that the 

number one way to prepare 

workers for new jobs is to fund 

higher education," he said "To 

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He said ideas like shifting 

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"If I'm a business owner, why 

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Former Oakland County 

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The right moves 

Debbie Felton's Academy of 

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The Livonia-based school is 

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